{"id":6454,"date":"2023-07-17T05:32:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T17:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6454"},"modified":"2023-07-17T05:32:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T17:32:32","slug":"harry-maguire-manchester-united-defender-stripped-of-club-captaincy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6454","title":{"rendered":"Harry Maguire: Manchester United defender stripped of club captaincy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry Maguire says he has been stripped of the Manchester United captaincy by manager Erik ten Hag.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maguire was\u00a0<\/span>appointed skipper by Ten Hag’s predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in January 2020<\/span><\/a>\u00a0– five months after signing for \u00a380m from Leicester City.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The England centre-back says he is “extremely disappointed” but will “continue to give my all” in the shirt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 30-year-old made eight starts in the Premier League last season and is\u00a0<\/span>linked with a move to West Ham<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maguire played in 31 of the club’s 62 matches in all competitions during the 2022-23 season, with Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes wearing the armband in his absence.<\/span><\/p>\n

His contract at Old Trafford runs to 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

“After discussions with the manager today he has informed me he is changing captain,” Maguire posted on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He outlined his reasons to me and whilst I’m personally extremely disappointed, I will continue to give my all every time I wear the shirt.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I wanted to say a massive thank you to the Manchester United fans for all their brilliant support whilst I’ve been wearing the armband.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Harry Maguire says he has been stripped of the Manchester United captaincy by manager Erik ten Hag. Maguire was\u00a0appointed skipper by Ten Hag’s predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in January 2020\u00a0– five months after signing for \u00a380m from Leicester City. The England centre-back says he is “extremely disappointed” but will “continue to give my all” in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6455,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454\/revisions\/6455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}